It had all the makings of another come-from-behind win for the Jacksonville Suns.

The bases were loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning with the Suns trailing by two runs. They did manage one run, but that was the extent of the rally.

Jacksonville’s bid for a fourth win in the late innings in their series with Pensacola came up short as the Blue Wahoos salvaged a 5-3 win Wednesday night in front of the 9,286, the largest crowd of the season, at the Baseball Grounds.

Earlier in the day , Jacksonville learned that five of its players had been selected to play in the Southern League All-Star Game on July 17 at the Baseball Grounds. Outfielder Jake Marisnick was the only joined four members of the Suns’ pitching staff — starters Adam Conley, Sam Dyson and Jay Jackson, along with closer Michael Brady.

“It’s a great honor to be selected, I’m definitely excited for myself and the other guys on the team that get to play in our home stadium,” Marisnick said.

It turned out to be a double honor for Marisnick, who learned that he was also selected to participate in the home run derby to be held an hour before the All-Star Game. He’ll be joined by Nick Evans of Mobile, Joc Pederson of Chattanooga and three others yet to be determined.

Jacksonville, which had won three earlier games in the series with come-from-behind wins, couldn’t get the key hit to make it four out of five against the Blue Wahoos. They loaded the bases in the seventh and were gifted one run when Pensacola third baseman Travis Mattair dropped the ball as he was about to throw to second for a force out to end the inning. But the rally stopped there when the next batter Zack Cox struck out.

The Suns had another opportunity an inning later when two walks and a force out left runners on first and third with two out. But pinch-hitter Aaron Krick bounced out to Pensacola second baseman Corey Wimberly for the final out.

Pensacola then added an insurance run in the top of the ninth when Ryan LaMarre hit a solo home run off Suns reliever Arquimedes Caminero for the final two-run margin.

“I didn’t think our at-bats were very good tonight. We swung at a lot of bad pitches and we didn’t make their pitchers work as they should work,” Suns manager Andy Barkett said. “We didn’t put the pressure on the pitcher when we should have and we let him off the hook a couple times. It’s hard to win games like that.”

Pensacola scored two runs in the top of the fifth inning for what proved to be the winning run. The second run came home on a balk call against Suns starter Jay Jackson and allowed Wimberley, a former Ribault standout, to score from third.

“I was actually thinking about stealing home on the pitch before that,” Wimberley said. “The third baseman was playing way over and I had a big lead. I was just trying to bother the pitcher and I guess it worked.”

The Suns (9-6 second half, 43-39 overall) travel to Chattanooga on Wednesday where they open a five-game series with the Lookouts.